Merchandise-display container



W. 0. NICELEY.

MERCHANDISE DISPLAY CONTAINER. APPucAUoN FILED $591.11', 192.1.

,flfaf's),A Patenasept. 51922.

`Patented Sept, 5, 1922.,

WILLIAM o. NICELEY, on NEW Yoan, NQ

1,427,839 aerei[OFFICE-1" x.,gassieNon ro THE E. efLANai/IANU- FACTURING- COIIiflllANL,O,E` NE`W-YOBK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEXV `YORK.r

kManenaNnisn-nis{riti/rr CONTAINER.

-appinauon inea september To @Hicham t may concern(y y Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. Nionnnx, a citizen of the United States, residing at 606l -`West 116th Street, kin the borough of Manhattan, in the County of New` York, city and State of New York, have invented certain'new and; useful Improvements in a lllerchandise-Display Container, ofy which' may be easily and quickly picked out by the customer as wellas by the salesman. y

' My invention solves this problem by furnishing a container having separate partitioning cells which may be of any desired size and adapted to hold tabs or other inerchandise and having combined therewith a cover embodying in its openposition specimens of said tabs or merchandise, and means for indicating the location of said tabs or merchandise in said container so that they may be quickly and easily found by either the customer or the salesman.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of my container; and Figure 2 is a detail of one of the independent parti tioning cells.

In the drawings 3 is a container on which is mounted a cover l by means. of a flexible hinge 5.

Flexible retaining members 6 are rigidly secured to the box 3 at 7 and to the cover 4 at 8, so that the cover l can be raised to an open position slightly more than 90O relative to the box 3, and will be retained in such position by means of the flexible retaining members 6. v f

Independent partitioning cells 9 which are made in the form of topless and bottomless boxes are placed in the container 3 so that the inside space of the container is filled thereby, but the said cells 9 may be made in whatever size and shape is required in accordance with the size and shape of the merchandise to be placed therein, as indicated iv, rieeiy serial No'. 501,403(

by the rlongitudinal y'cell front' of the container y3.

Sets of tabs, such las the days of the Week 410* shown in the or monthsof the year, etc., are placedy in envelopes 11 and then placed in the indethe cell 9 at the rear of the container 3 under the first specimen columnk forholding the tabs or merchandise indicated by the lower specimen 12 of the first column and using the next to the back cell 9 for containing the merchandise represented by the second specimen from the bottom of the first column of` y specimens 12. This particular arrangement is not essential, vbut this or a similar one is essential to the orderly arrangement of the merchandise so that it can be readily found f under the column in which the specimen is found and in the same relative positionin the container, as indicated by the relative position of the specimen in the column.

- Many variations can be made in the arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit of the invention, and Ido not vconfine myself to the precise arrangement shown.

I claim: f

1.7111 a merchandise display container the combination of a large box, a group of bottomless boxes therein, envelopes in said bottomless boxes each adapted to hold a set of index tabsa cover to said large box having a flexible hinge, flexible retaining members adapted to limit the opening of said cover and support it insuch opened position, andk specimens of said tabs mounted on the inside of said cover so as to indicate the location o the same in said large box. f s

2. In a merchandise display container the combination of a large box, a group o-findependent `partitioning'cells therein, envelopes in said cells each adapted to hold a set of 1 the box, a pair of llexible retaining members adapted to support said cover in the opened position, and specimens of said merchandise displayed on the inside of said cover.

4. ln a merchandise display container the combination of a large box, a group of independent partitioning' cells therein, envelopes in said cells each adapted to hold a set of meruhandise, a cover to said large box having a flexible hinge secured on one edge to the box, a pair of liexible retaining members adapted to support said cover in the opened position, specimens of said merchandise displayed on the inside or said cover, and means tor locating such merchandise in said box.

5. The combination in a merchandise display container er a large box, a group of smaller boxes therein, envelopes in said smaller boxes each containing merchandise, a cover to said large box having a hinge, retaining means for holding said cover in the open position, and means lfcr indicating the kind and location of said merchandise in said large box when said cover is in the open position.

ln testimony Whereol I aliix my signature.

VILLAM O.' NICELEY. 

